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Warwick, North Dakota -
The family of Amanda Stach Engst, 36, originally from Breckenridge, Minnesota, is reaching out to the public for help.

The last contact her family had with Stach Engst was Oct. 27, 2015 and her last known location was Warwick, North Dakota.

Stach Engst graduated from Breckenridge High School and her mother, Denise Stevenson, lives in Breckenridge. Her aunt, Jamie Anderson, said Stach Engst lived with her in Hallstead, Minnesota, for several months early in 2015.

“She always told me she would tell me if she’s OK,” Stevenson said. “On Oct. 12 she Facebooked me, and said she didn’t have her phone anymore and I never heard from her after that. Her mom got a Facebook message saying, ‘I’m good, hope everything is OK with you, I love you.’ Amanda would never say that.”

"When from a long distant past nothing persists, after the people are dead, after things are broken and scattered, still alone, more persistent, more faithful, the smell and taste of things remain poised a long, long time like souls, ready to remind us, waiting, hoping for their moment amid the ruins of all the rest, and bear unfaltering in the tiny and almost impalpable drop of their essence the vast structure of recollection."

"When from a long distant past nothing persists, after the people are dead, after things are broken and scattered, still alone, more persistent, more faithful, the smell and taste of things remain poised a long, long time like souls, ready to remind us, waiting, hoping for their moment amid the ruins of all the rest, and bear unfaltering in the tiny and almost impalpable drop of their essence the vast structure of recollection."

I found her Facebook page, but the last update was in June 2015, when she changed the cover photo. Not much else is visible other than her friends list, which you have to be logged in to Facebook in order to see:

Based on some public records at publicsearch.ndcourts.gov, she has been known by Amanda Jean Stach and Amanda Jean Engst; she has priors for harassment and NSF checks, and there are several civil cases, including child support. She also appears to have ties to Fargo (Cass County) and Wahpeton (Richland County).

“Amanda (Engst) is a very loving, giving person, … but her whole demeanor changed,” Denise Stevenson said of her daughter’s return to Breckenridge, Minn., for a family funeral. “Something was really off when she came here in September. She wasn’t right. She was angry, she just flew off the handle over anything, got mad at everybody. I don’t know what was going on.”

Her vehicle was discovered in the possession of Billy Joe and Crystal Marie Herman, both 36, when the two were arrested separately late last year on charges robbery and burglary. The Hermans were eventually sentenced last month in connection to an Oct. 30 bar robbery in Buxton, N.D., and still face multiple charges after police say they burglarized or robbed businesses in Perley, Minn., and Grandin, N.D.

Though Stevenson said she doesn’t believe Engst is responsible for the robberies, she said her daughter had mentioned befriending a man she referred to as “Billy” earlier this fall...

Contacted Saturday, an official with the Norman County Sheriff’s Department in Ada, Minn., said no further details would be released on the case, including how the string of robberies and Engst’s disappearance could be connected.

"When from a long distant past nothing persists, after the people are dead, after things are broken and scattered, still alone, more persistent, more faithful, the smell and taste of things remain poised a long, long time like souls, ready to remind us, waiting, hoping for their moment amid the ruins of all the rest, and bear unfaltering in the tiny and almost impalpable drop of their essence the vast structure of recollection."

"When from a long distant past nothing persists, after the people are dead, after things are broken and scattered, still alone, more persistent, more faithful, the smell and taste of things remain poised a long, long time like souls, ready to remind us, waiting, hoping for their moment amid the ruins of all the rest, and bear unfaltering in the tiny and almost impalpable drop of their essence the vast structure of recollection."

The body of a missing woman has been recovered and connected to couple charged in a robbery spree.
A body found in the Sheyenne River near Warwick, North Dakota is believed to be Amanda Engst. She has not been seen since October, after last living in Warwick. Engst’s family, who lives in Breckenridge, reported her missing last fall.
Eddy County Sheriff Paul Lies says the body was recovered from the Sheyenne River, just south of Warwick, North Dakota.
The Sheriff says there was no vehicle in the river where the body was found and would not discuss specifics of what lead them to search the river. He says an ROV, a remotely operated vehicle like this one was used to find the body.
Sheriff Paul Lies, Eddy County: “Based on information we had learned, we contacted the Jamestown Dive and Rescue Team. They came up and used on ROV to search that area of the river, where the body was located.”
Reporter: “Does it appear the cause of death was natural?”
Sheriff Lies: “No.”
Reporter: “The cause of death was not natural. But, it hasn’t been specifically determined?

"When from a long distant past nothing persists, after the people are dead, after things are broken and scattered, still alone, more persistent, more faithful, the smell and taste of things remain poised a long, long time like souls, ready to remind us, waiting, hoping for their moment amid the ruins of all the rest, and bear unfaltering in the tiny and almost impalpable drop of their essence the vast structure of recollection."

Body of missing woman linked to robbery couple found, death appears unnatural, sheriff says
By Herald Staff Report Today at 2:01 p.m.
WARWICK, N.D. -- A body found Tuesday in the Sheyenne River has been identified as Amanda Stach Engst, a 36-year-old missing woman who may have been connected to a couple police say went on a robbery and burglary spree.http://www.wdaz.com/news/north-dakot...ears-unnatural